shittimwood

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shittimwood - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  shittimwood
      n 1: deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico
           [syn: false buckthorn, chittamwood, chittimwood,
           shittimwood, black haw, Bumelia lanuginosa]
      2: shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States
         with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit [syn:
         southern buckthorn, shittimwood, shittim, mock   orange
         , Bumelia lycioides]
      3: wood of the shittah tree used to make the ark of the Hebrew
         Tabernacle